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Still Image from “The Baptism of Jesus” via LDS Media Library
Mosiah 27:25
KnoWhy #501
February 7, 2019
What Does It Mean to Be “Born Again?”
Painting of Jaredite barges by Robert T. Barrett. Image via lds.org.
Mosiah 28:17
KnoWhy #106
May 24, 2016
What Do the Jaredites Have to Do With the Reign of the Judges?
Democracy by Nick Youngson
Mosiah 29:27
KnoWhy #380
November 9, 2017
What is the Purpose of Democracy in the Book of Mormon?
Democracy via the Blue Diamond Gallery
Mosiah 29:32
KnoWhy #301
April 17, 2017
How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead to Nephite Democracy?
Nephite Judges by Jody Livingston
Mosiah 29:39
KnoWhy #107
May 25, 2016
How Were Judges Elected in the Book of Mormon?
The execution of Nehor. Image via lds.org.
Alma 1:15
KnoWhy #108
May 26, 2016
Why Did Nehor Suffer an “Ignominious” Death?
Image by Brandi Redd
Alma 1:29
KnoWhy #373
October 17, 2017
How Do the Blessings in the Scriptures Apply to us Today?
The Battle with Zeniff by James Fullmer.
Alma 2:11
KnoWhy #109
May 27, 2016
How Were the Amlicites and Amalekites Related?
Courageous Nephite Daughters. Painting by James Fullmer.
Alma 3:8
KnoWhy #110
May 30, 2016
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Discourage Nephite-Lamanite Intermarriage?
The Four Sons of Mosiah Kneeling in Prayer by Harold T. Dale Kilbourn, Four Missionaries to the Lamanites by Robert T. Barrett, and Elder Missionaries in Africa vis LDS Media Library
Alma 4:20
KnoWhy #333
June 30, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Prepare Missionaries to Sacrifice, Serve, and Preach?
He is Not Here by Walter Rane
Alma 5:9
KnoWhy #111
May 31, 2016
Why Did Alma Add “Chains of Hell” to Abinadi’s Phrase “Bands of Death”?
Ancient Maya Temple. Adobe Stock.
Alma 5:14–15
KnoWhy #112
June 1, 2016
Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions?
Jesus Christ, Christus Statue via Flickr
Alma 5:19
KnoWhy #295
April 3, 2017
Why Did Alma Ask about Having God’s Image Engraven upon One’s Countenance?
Mosiah Discovers Zarahemla by Minerva Teichert
Alma 6:4
KnoWhy #113
June 2, 2016
Why Did Alma Need to “Establish the Order of the Church” in Zarahemla Again?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Alma 7:11–13
KnoWhy #323
June 7, 2017
What Did Alma Reveal about the Savior’s Mission?
Image via Google Images.
Alma 7:19
KnoWhy #114
June 3, 2016
Why Does Alma Mention Three Kinds of Paths in One Verse?
Alma eating with Amulek. Illustration by Dan Burr.
Alma 8:22
KnoWhy #115
June 6, 2016
Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating?
Nephi and his brothers giving their riches to obtain the Plates. Artwork by Minerva Teichert
Alma 9:13
KnoWhy #116
June 7, 2016
What does it Mean to “Prosper in the Land”?
Image by H. Tom Hall.
Alma 10:7
KnoWhy #117
June 8, 2016
Why is Amulek’s Household Significant?
Image by Reynold via Adobe Stock
Alma 11:7
KnoWhy #322
June 5, 2017
Why You Should Care About the Nephite Weights and Measures System
Zeezrom by James Fullmer
Alma 11:22
KnoWhy #118
June 9, 2016
Why Would Zeezrom Attempt to Bribe Amulek?
Photograph of the Provo City Center Temple via ldschurchtemples.com
Alma 12:30
KnoWhy #119
June 10, 2016
Why Did Alma Teach His Opponents about the Temple?
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
Alma 13:3
KnoWhy #398
January 11, 2018
How a Tangent About Foreordination Helps Explain Repentance
Christ with Three Nephite Disciples by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 13:8
KnoWhy #330
June 23, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
Melchizedek Blessing Abraham by Walter Rane via lds.org
Alma 13:14
KnoWhy #120
June 13, 2016
Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek?
Girl Being Baptized and The Gift of the Holy Ghost via lds.org
Alma 13:16
KnoWhy #296
April 5, 2017
Why Are Ordinances So Important?
Stephen Prays as He is Stoned via lds.org
Alma 14:11
KnoWhy #351
August 11, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
Alma and Amulek in Prison by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 14:29
KnoWhy #121
June 14, 2016
What Kind of Earthquake Caused the Prison Walls to Fall?
"In Similitude" by Joseph Brickey.
Alma 15:17
KnoWhy #122
June 15, 2016
Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance?
The End of the World by John Martin.
Alma 16:9–11
KnoWhy #123
June 16, 2016
Why Was the City of Ammonihah Destroyed and Left Desolate?
The ruins of an ancient synagogue in Capernaum from the 4th century A.D. Image via Wikimeida Commons.
Alma 16:13
KnoWhy #124
June 17, 2016
Why Did Alma and Amulek Preach in Synagogues?
Rebecca and Eliezer by Bartolome Esteban Murillo via Wikimedia Commons
Alma 17:24–25
KnoWhy #414
March 8, 2018
How Does the Book of Mormon Use an Ancient Storytelling Technique?